I’m so happy to see Georgetown on AD! I love walking through here in the fall and winter time. Watching this video has given me a new appreciation for this little town.
What a cool segment. People give Georgetown a “snooty” reputation, as a black woman who has lived here for 5 years now I can tell you everyone is super welcoming and friendly. My favorite thing is just taking walks with my young son and enjoying the architecture and great little shops.
@youknowwhoyouare2269 You may be black as well, for all I know, but whether-or-not that's the case, and ESPECIALLY if it isn't, you should really re-consider telling a black person how to feel about their own blackness.
@@davidcattin7006 Can he camp there with his own tent tho? and enjoy this quaint vibe for free? I heard that America is the freest country in the world!!
I'd argue that "quaint" to describe an area is a subconscious pre-conditioned descriptor to whitewash away Jim Crow Reconstruction "urban planning" @@sampejke
I lived in an apartment building near 27th and Q for more than a decade until last year and even though many of those buildings a familiar sights to me I just learned a lot about their architecture. Much appreciated.
I lived on Olive St, NW bordering the Parkway in the 70’s. I recently took a walk through the neighborhood and was amused to see the “upgrades” on the row house fronts. I loved your presentation. Learned so much. Hope you will consider doing a walk on Capitol Hill SE neighborhoods.
I am surprised there is not an AD video on Boston's architecture. Its a beautiful city filled with different neighborhood each with its own charm. And there are so many other hidden architectural gems
Oooh I would watch the heck out of that. I did the federal trail? Or something? And it was super cool going through the historic neighborhoods I bet an actual overview of the city would be that much better
Those town homes are beautiful! It is a shame we don't build those instead of suburbia these days. I would love to have a whole new neighborhood built in that style with mixed use zoning. The American Amsterdam.
It's what you could call a 'happy accident' when a neighborhood goes into decline, whereby very little gets torn down or put up. Leaving behind a sort of time capsule of glorious architecture which is ripe for gentrification, thereby giving us the legacy of so many architectural gems, in the now very sought-after area of Georgetown. Great presentation by Nicholas.
Many areas have survived to due their undesirability. The Art Deco buildings of South Beach in Miami were the run-down dwellings of seniors. They survived the wrecking ball because people didn't want to live in that area. Further afield, the Marais section of Paris, once the most elegant "quartier" in the 16th C., had become industrial and rundown. Not until the 1970's was it rediscovered and revived. Even Tribeca in NYC was an undesirable industrial area until the 1980's. Thank goodness these places have survived.
Did they begin with the history of "urban planning" as it relates with segregation🙃 @@liokin229 otherwise you're only learning a small fraction of the story
Instead of "gentrification", why not kkall it what it's ALWAYS been? Legal forced displacements of 'unsavorables' like indigenous Native, Black People, etc
Enjoyed your great video, absolutely love the Georgetown Architecture, the gas lamps, all so beautiful. Canals always beautify locations. Wish we could see the interior of these homes. Thank you!
How wonderful!! Thanks AD and the Architect for a nice walk through one of our most beautiful & historic DC neighborhoods!! You’ll are going to have me looking for towers on houses from now on. Lol! I absolutely love walking through Georgetown. I’m surprised he didn’t show the cobblestone streets which are both dangerous yet fabulous. 😂 Please do Capitol Hill next! I LOVE my city! 🥰
@@creativelife9871 certain areas have 'types of charm', while others kklearly do not- that's by design, precisely the intent behind their establishment
Great job AD and architect in explaining all the different types of architectural style of Georgetown houses. I sometimes walked around Georgetown neighborhood but don’t know much about these houses, except that I admire those houses and love taking pictures. The next time I’ll go to G-Town will pay more attention to the houses. Thank you 🙏
Georgetown was a template for dozens of developments around the country. Georgetown HOA in Macomb, Il actually had measurements and photos done to use as examples before they built it in the 1960's. It's still standing today and in very good condition.
What an insanely informative and crazy interesting video. This guy's knowledge of architecture is so impressive and captivating. Thoroughly enjoyed this, please make more videos like this :)
Wonderful video!! Exploring Georgetown has always been a favorite. From the Exorcist steps to the trendy boutiques it’s a gorgeous and fascinating area
I grew up in Washington and recall my parents memories of Georgetown as run-down area. It wasn't until FDR that Georgetown was rediscovered and in the 1960's, when it became chic to live there. The Kennedy area marked the true rebirth of the area.
"run -down"- post Slavery Reconstruction Jim Crow Redlining & ultimate displacement of Black folks helped 'clean up' your precious burb- & "chic" is kkode for White populated
That’s right! My step dad grew up down there & even as a kid loved wondering around Gtown. His mom was aghast, to her it was just a rundown section of town. No place for young boys. He was born in 1935.
Love this, but I do wish they had featured the Car Barn. It's an interesting building that was built in the Romanseque Revival style. It was literally a barn for cars and says alot about the history of mass transportation in DC. You can still see remnants of streetcar tract going into its garage on M St. Also, it's right next to the Exorcist Steps.
thank you AD! i hope to one day make georgetown my home. one of those houses on the c&o canal was recently on the market. the old mule house, named because it harbored actual mules that pulled boats.... now it is a 2 million home.
I LOVE GEORGETOWN AND LIVE JUST 15 MINUTES OVER THE BRIDGE IN ARLINGTON, VA! IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO VISIT FOR SHOPPING AND DINING, BUT YOU'D BETTER BE A MILLIONAIRE IF YOU PLAN TO OWN A HOME HERE- IT'S MAD EXPENSIVE!! 😃😃💝💝
To be honest, Georgetown's architecture is quite underwhelming for a part of a capital city. All the more impressive to see Nicholas sharing so many details about these buildings.
I have been fortunate enough to have GRANDMOTHER'S THAT TAUGHT ME ALL ABOUT D.C. HISTORY AND WHO LIVED WHERE AND WHEN? GEORGETOWN AND OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS THERE BACK IN THE EARLY 19 CENTURY TELLS ONE OF THE MIRE INTERESTING STORIES.
Love architectural history and especially American historical and vernacular styles. This type of knowledge is, sadly, a lost art among the McMansion developers and "flippers" of today, who Home Depot-ify our built heritage.
But it can change, only if we learned those styles but copy the important details and make it a little different, not identical like the previous ones.
What I Love about Georgetown its a community within one of Americas busiest cities thats necessary for people who want that separation without having to leave the city
Nice to see Georgetown's narrow houses: but four narrower houses, including the narrowest house in North America, are just down the river in Alexandria.
What a very interesting film. Love these 'American' style houses, I think they are so beautiful. However, I would have loved to have seen inside one. I live in Scotland in a granite house built in 1870 and know too well about upkeep of these old buildings.
The narrator's comments about that "narrowest house in Georgetown" are interesting because I very clearly remember in 1978 there was a prominent story in The Washington Post about how this house was for sale for the SHOCKINGLY HIGH price of - get ready for it - $100,000!!!!
Great information! Absolutely love these informational videos! Note to the presenters-enunciation and a good mic go a LONG way to making for accessible videos. That’s my one demerit.
This video talks a lot about history but watching it you would never know that Georgetown once had a diverse and vibrant Black community that was displaced by the "ready made consumers" the neighborhood supposedly "benefited" from. Pretty obtuse commentary on gentrification.
@@TheWolfXCIX It means that the Black community consisted of people of differing occupations and socioeconomic statuses, and that they were heavily involved with Georgetown civic/social life. There were 6 Black churches in the neighborhood and many Black-owned businesses of all kinds.
I was scrolling for this comment. As someone who lives in the DMV, I found the commentary, while supremely interesting, quite deliberate in not speaking about the historical, Black community of Georgetown.
Love how Arch Digest is making these more informative videos on the history and design of buildings. Please, keep doing them!
Agreed. So much more enjoyable than the same-old “tour this celebrity’s million-dollar LA home” videos.
Yes! Historical architecture deserves to be appreciated.
I’m so happy to see Georgetown on AD! I love walking through here in the fall and winter time. Watching this video has given me a new appreciation for this little town.
Same✨👌🏾
What? You don't like walking around Georgetown in the swampy DC summer?! 😜
What a cool segment. People give Georgetown a “snooty” reputation, as a black woman who has lived here for 5 years now I can tell you everyone is super welcoming and friendly. My favorite thing is just taking walks with my young son and enjoying the architecture and great little shops.
As a Black Person, it would be in your best interest to research the history of Georgetown & discover the ways Black People were forced out over time
@@youknowwhoyouare2269 why? That was then, this is now.
@@youknowwhoyouare2269 not relevant.
@youknowwhoyouare2269 You may be black as well, for all I know, but whether-or-not that's the case, and ESPECIALLY if it isn't, you should really re-consider telling a black person how to feel about their own blackness.
I’m glad you have found a warm and accepting neighborhood.
I loved this. I lived at 2726 P Street -- the narrowest house in Georgetown -- as a baby in the 1950s. I'd move back in a heartbeat!
that's so cool!!!
And, for the low low price of $991,600, you can live there again!
@@davidcattin7006 Can he camp there with his own tent tho? and enjoy this quaint vibe for free? I heard that America is the freest country in the world!!
@@davidcattin7006 legal Jim Crow gentrifying gerrymandering redlining- I mean free-market capitalism is seemingly undefeated🥲this is fine
I'd argue that "quaint" to describe an area is a subconscious pre-conditioned descriptor to whitewash away Jim Crow Reconstruction "urban planning" @@sampejke
Yes, more of architect Nicholas Potts please!
His valley/sorority girl uptalk at the end of sentences is most endearing.
I love these videos. I hope AD does a whole History of American Architecture series.
Me too.
Me too!!
Please more of this type of content!! ACTUAL ARCHITECTURE DISCUSSION. I don't need to see anymore celeb homes.
Agree!!
I live in Glover Park just above Georgetown and I’ve walked past these houses many times. Great to gain a better understanding about them.
I lived in an apartment building near 27th and Q for more than a decade until last year and even though many of those buildings a familiar sights to me I just learned a lot about their architecture. Much appreciated.
Kew Gardens?
I lived on Olive St, NW bordering the Parkway in the 70’s. I recently took a walk through the neighborhood and was amused to see the “upgrades” on the row house fronts. I loved your presentation. Learned so much. Hope you will consider doing a walk on Capitol Hill SE neighborhoods.
I am surprised there is not an AD video on Boston's architecture. Its a beautiful city filled with different neighborhood each with its own charm. And there are so many other hidden architectural gems
Oooh I would watch the heck out of that. I did the federal trail? Or something? And it was super cool going through the historic neighborhoods I bet an actual overview of the city would be that much better
Those town homes are beautiful! It is a shame we don't build those instead of suburbia these days. I would love to have a whole new neighborhood built in that style with mixed use zoning. The American Amsterdam.
One thing you aren’t factoring in: neighbors. This is why suburbia exists.
@@stephen902the reason Americans hate neighbors is because of suburbia. if u hate cities so much go live on a farm
@@stephen902imagine not being able to handle people being around you
It's what you could call a 'happy accident' when a neighborhood goes into decline, whereby very little gets torn down or put up. Leaving behind a sort of time capsule of glorious architecture which is ripe for gentrification, thereby giving us the legacy of so many architectural gems, in the now very sought-after area of Georgetown. Great presentation by Nicholas.
Many areas have survived to due their undesirability. The Art Deco buildings of South Beach in Miami were the run-down dwellings of seniors. They survived the wrecking ball because people didn't want to live in that area. Further afield, the Marais section of Paris, once the most elegant "quartier" in the 16th C., had become industrial and rundown. Not until the 1970's was it rediscovered and revived. Even Tribeca in NYC was an undesirable industrial area until the 1980's. Thank goodness these places have survived.
Just learned about this concept in one of my urban planning classes today, preservation by neglect. Happened in Charleston, SC.
Did they begin with the history of "urban planning" as it relates with segregation🙃 @@liokin229 otherwise you're only learning a small fraction of the story
Instead of "gentrification", why not kkall it what it's ALWAYS been? Legal forced displacements of 'unsavorables' like indigenous Native, Black People, etc
Industrial revolution and "urban planning" have been used throughout history to justify kkountless suffering around the entire globe @@jlasf
This is the kind of content I'm looking for! It's more entertaining because of new learnings from professionals! More power AD!
Such beautiful buildings, I love old homes with so much history. Classic!
More of this kind of content please AD ♥️ thank you.
Enjoyed your great video, absolutely love the Georgetown Architecture, the gas lamps, all so beautiful. Canals always beautify locations.
Wish we could see the interior of these homes.
Thank you!
This is awesome! I'd love to see a walking tour of Boston, Providence, or Newport.
I love these walking tours and looking at architecture in different cities! Thank you Architectural Digest for this video!
How wonderful!! Thanks AD and the Architect for a nice walk through one of our most beautiful & historic DC neighborhoods!! You’ll are going to have me looking for towers on houses from now on. Lol! I absolutely love walking through Georgetown.
I’m surprised he didn’t show the cobblestone streets which are both dangerous yet fabulous. 😂 Please do Capitol Hill next! I LOVE my city! 🥰
So many beautiful neighborhoods in this area! If they did old town Alexandria I’d be a happy camper.
@@zaboo4088 I love Old Town as well! Has the same type of charm and walkability.
There used to be many more cobblestone streets, but they have disappeared over time. Were all the streets in Georgetown cobblestone? I don't know.
"dangerous" cobblestones, "walkability" - Starkk kontrast with other sektions of DC & other non-affluent surrounding areas @@creativelife9871
@@creativelife9871 certain areas have 'types of charm', while others kklearly do not- that's by design, precisely the intent behind their establishment
Nicholas Potts is amazing! Please do more presentations !
Feel free to drive up and deconstruct Baltimore -- Fells Point, Federal Hill, Mount Vernon ✌
Do old town Alexandria next! Love these videos
"Narrow" 10' house in Georgetown? Pfft! See 523 Queen Street, 7 feet wide.
Nick I absolutely love your neighborhood tour videos. So cool!
Great job AD and architect in explaining all the different types of architectural style of Georgetown houses. I sometimes walked around Georgetown neighborhood but don’t know much about these houses, except that I admire those houses and love taking pictures. The next time I’ll go to G-Town will pay more attention to the houses. Thank you 🙏
Absolutely beautiful !!! Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic video about the different type of architecture in early D.C. All of these architectural videos are well-presented and informative.
Georgetown was a template for dozens of developments around the country. Georgetown HOA in Macomb, Il actually had measurements and photos done to use as examples before they built it in the 1960's. It's still standing today and in very good condition.
Glad I found this channel. Love this persons voice!
I haven't been to Georgetown in many years. This was so nice to see. So informative.
Definitely my favorite series! Thank you so much and keep it up!
I’m curious what the inside of these homes look like. Must be very beautiful.
Thank you so much. Absolutely loved this video. Fantastic to have a tour like this by someone so knowledgeable. Wonderful.
This was wonderful! Please keep making more of these types of videos.
I love these walking tours. Keep up the great work. Thank you.
There’s a really narrow house like that in Old Alexandria too. It’s blue and on Queen St., I believe. Always wondered what it was like inside.
What an insanely informative and crazy interesting video. This guy's knowledge of architecture is so impressive and captivating. Thoroughly enjoyed this, please make more videos like this :)
This is awesome. I hope you keep doing these videos.
Wonderful video!! Exploring Georgetown has always been a favorite. From the Exorcist steps to the trendy boutiques it’s a gorgeous and fascinating area
I grew up in Washington and recall my parents memories of Georgetown as run-down area. It wasn't until FDR that Georgetown was rediscovered and in the 1960's, when it became chic to live there. The Kennedy area marked the true rebirth of the area.
Oops. Kennedy era.
"run -down"- post Slavery Reconstruction Jim Crow Redlining & ultimate displacement of Black folks helped 'clean up' your precious burb- & "chic" is kkode for White populated
That’s right! My step dad grew up down there & even as a kid loved wondering around Gtown. His mom was aghast, to her it was just a rundown section of town. No place for young boys. He was born in 1935.
Love this, but I do wish they had featured the Car Barn. It's an interesting building that was built in the Romanseque Revival style. It was literally a barn for cars and says alot about the history of mass transportation in DC. You can still see remnants of streetcar tract going into its garage on M St. Also, it's right next to the Exorcist Steps.
Agreed. DC actively tries to ignore it's street car history. I don't know why. It's bizarre.
thank you AD! i hope to one day make georgetown my home. one of those houses on the c&o canal was recently on the market. the old mule house, named because it harbored actual mules that pulled boats.... now it is a 2 million home.
Beautiful! Would love to see the interiors!
This is great! Would love to see a video with Peter Pennoyer discussing classical architecture!
More of these please!
Nick Potts ROCKS!
Agree!!
This was an amazing insight into a beautiful part of Washington. Thank you.
Love this architecture tour. Informative video.
This video made me miss living in DC! Georgetown was always so nice to walk around
These are the type of AD videos I'm looking for
What is an "earlier version of gentrification?" Isn't it simply more accurate that, since their creation, cities have changed over time?
Loved this video so much! Please do a video on the embassy buildings and cathedral along Massachusetts Ave NW!
I LOVE GEORGETOWN AND LIVE JUST 15 MINUTES OVER THE BRIDGE IN ARLINGTON, VA! IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO VISIT FOR SHOPPING AND DINING, BUT YOU'D BETTER BE A MILLIONAIRE IF YOU PLAN TO OWN A HOME HERE- IT'S MAD EXPENSIVE!! 😃😃💝💝
These are cool. Keep it up AD. Do more neighborhoods.
To be honest, Georgetown's architecture is quite underwhelming for a part of a capital city. All the more impressive to see Nicholas sharing so many details about these buildings.
I have been fortunate enough to have GRANDMOTHER'S THAT TAUGHT ME ALL ABOUT D.C. HISTORY AND WHO LIVED WHERE AND WHEN? GEORGETOWN AND OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS THERE BACK IN THE EARLY 19 CENTURY TELLS ONE OF THE MIRE INTERESTING STORIES.
Love architectural history and especially American historical and vernacular styles. This type of knowledge is, sadly, a lost art among the McMansion developers and "flippers" of today, who Home Depot-ify our built heritage.
😭😭😭😭 Sad, but TRUE.
But it can change, only if we learned those styles but copy the important details and make it a little different, not identical like the previous ones.
I lived in D.C. in 1977/78 and I remember there was a big story in The Washington Post when that house sold for - wait for it! - $100,000!!!
Would love to see other neighbourhoods like Dupont Circle, Capitol Hill, and Alexandria examined too!
What I Love about Georgetown its a community within one of Americas busiest cities thats necessary for people who want that separation without having to leave the city
Neighborhood looks so clean and quiet and peaceful
it had better for the price 😂
It’s a very very very expensive area to live in. Guaranteed anyone who can afford to live there is taking great care of their property.
Come to Baltimore next ! So many beautiful row homes and historic churches !
Would love to see other DC neighborhoods!
Love this. Thank you!
Nice to see Georgetown's narrow houses: but four narrower houses, including the narrowest house in North America, are just down the river in Alexandria.
Born in Georgetown along with my siblings.
Loved this!
I really loved this area when visitng pre-pandemic in 2020
Love walking there. Thanks.
I think I’m falling for Nicholas Potts
i never noticed that about nice homes...i'm glad i can get to know what it's like from an architect's perspective
Loved this! And his glimmer of enthusiasm is so refreshing against with the conservative essence of Georgetown ✨
The humidity in Georgetown is worse than anywhere else in the city imo.
The rear view picture, with the 'catslide' roof, is actually "Whitehall", in Middletown, Rhode Island.
Love this series! Would love to see a Miami walkthrough
Keren keren gaya arsitekturnya, terima kasih informasinya soal arsitektur
I live here 😍 if you ever visit come in the fall! The front doors and porches are decorated so perfectly! 🎃🍂 It’s a dream.
Hehe, a richie detected
What a very interesting film. Love these 'American' style houses, I think they are so beautiful. However, I would have loved to have seen inside one. I live in Scotland in a granite house built in 1870 and know too well about upkeep of these old buildings.
I love these videos!
Amazing stuff! Come to Seattle please!
This is so COOL
Excellent! Thank you.
Watching this from Georgetown Texas
poor you
Awesome video I love content like this and would also love to see a tour around San Francisco 😁
After playing Division 2, im in love with DC
Do the back bay or beacon hill in Boston next!
Good stuff! Thanks
more of these videos, please!
I was born and raised in the DC area and went to Georgetown University. It's still my dream to own a home there.
Such a beautiful area!
Nick Potts is what’s up!! Live for these types of videos 🤎 🏠
This is a beautifu neighbourhood.
AD should do an analysis of Providence next!
Beautiful houses. I would live in that tiny one near the waterfront.
This is a great video but at 2:46 are the waves breaking in the opposite direction of the shoreline ?
The narrator's comments about that "narrowest house in Georgetown" are interesting because I very clearly remember in 1978 there was a prominent story in The Washington Post about how this house was for sale for the SHOCKINGLY HIGH price of - get ready for it - $100,000!!!!
Awesome!
Great information! Absolutely love these informational videos!
Note to the presenters-enunciation and a good mic go a LONG way to making for accessible videos. That’s my one demerit.
This video talks a lot about history but watching it you would never know that Georgetown once had a diverse and vibrant Black community that was displaced by the "ready made consumers" the neighborhood supposedly "benefited" from. Pretty obtuse commentary on gentrification.
Think we can all guess what 'diverse and vibrant' meant lol
@@TheWolfXCIX no we can't dogwhistling moron
@@TheWolfXCIX It means that the Black community consisted of people of differing occupations and socioeconomic statuses, and that they were heavily involved with Georgetown civic/social life. There were 6 Black churches in the neighborhood and many Black-owned businesses of all kinds.
I was scrolling for this comment. As someone who lives in the DMV, I found the commentary, while supremely interesting, quite deliberate in not speaking about the historical, Black community of Georgetown.
Yes. This video is horrifying for its incompleteness.
Gorgeous!!